BOSSES of the annual Beats for Cancer music festival are hoping that 3,000 people attend the event this year.

Held in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle to raise money for charity, it attracted 2,000 people last year.

Ribble Valley Borough Council’s community committee is to decide on Tuesday, March 14, whether to approve an application for it to be staged again this year.

In a document to the council the admission charge will be between £10 and £12 and it will be held on Saturday, August 19.

A council spokesman said: “The event because of the nature of the music will attract a predominantly young audience, although the organisers are hoping to attract a family- based audience during the day time as in previous years.”